Obama Cancels Campaign Event to Visit Hurricane-Hit Louisiana Monday
Announced the trip after Romney visited the area today before his return to the campaign trail
President Barack Obama was today forced to announce he will fly to storm-hit Louisiana on Monday – hours after Mitt Romney beat him to the punch by deciding to head there this afternoon.
After it emerged that Obama was still taking time to fit in a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio before checking out how clean-up operations are proceeding in the Bayou state, the Obama campaign abruptly cancelled that event.
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